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Competition: we’ve teamed up with Lego® Architecture to give away five Lego models of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This stackable tea set by architect VW+BS is made of unglazed clay that's meant to soften the taste of whatever you drink from it. (more...) View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have unveiled their design for an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which will double the gallery’s exhibition and education spaces. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York firm Present Architecture has overhauled and restored the interiors of a mixed-used building in Portland, Maine, which was damaged by a fire and subsequently left vacant. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the U.N. World Intellectual Property Agency has reported a rise in the amount paid as royalties and licensing fees from $2.8 billion to $180 billion in the last 40 years, representing a 60-fold increase – The Washington Post The report shows that high income countries such as France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States continue to lead the way in research and development but that China’s share in the global market has risen from 2.2 percent in 1993 to 12.8 per cent in 2009. Last week we reported on measures being taken by the UK government to improve intellectual property laws, designer James Dyson also raised the issue when he accused a Chinese…

This time last year MVRDV’s Balancing Barn was nearing completion and the proposals for the V&A at Dundee were unveiled, including the eventual winning design by Kengo Kuma. The Royal College of Art launched a collection of pieces for sale by their graduates, Faye Toogood presented her debut furniture collection, Jasper Morrison unveiled a telephone for Swiss brand Punkt and Paul Cocksedge installed fluttering sheets of Corian at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Dezeen Watch Store launched with two pop-ups at the London Design Festival 2010, including Uniform Wares’ 200 Series. See all our stories from September 2010 » See our review of last year » …

Dezeen promotion: Architect@Work, an international trade fair showcasing architectural supplies, will take place in London on 27-28 January 2016 from 1-8pm. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Space: visitors to Dezeen Space today can stand on Dezeen Platform installation to create a soundscape by linking hands with others. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hyundai has revealed its latest Prophecy concept car that has smooth lines that are designed to prompt an emotional response. Read more View the full article

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a series of objects designed to monitor electricity consumption in the home for energy company Schneider Electric. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week OMA won a competition to design the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which topped out in June last year. Klein Dytham Architecture completed their Moku Moku Yu baths in Japan’s Southern Alps, Tate Britain appointed Caruso St John Architects to modernise their Millbank gallery and we continued our coverage from Design Miami including pieces by Zaha Hadid, Bodo Sperlein and Studio Job. The one-month-old Dezeen was getting ready to celebrate it’s first Christmas and received a lovely Christmas card designed by Thomas Heatherwick. See all our stories from December 2006 » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img>…

Dezeen Wire: apparently, tomorrow is World Toilet Day and the latest issue of Colors magazine focuses on all things faecal, including the taboos, dangers and practical applications of excrement – Colors magazine </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has partially filled the walls of Simbiosi – a ghostly wire-mesh sculpture on a hillside at the Arte Sella open-air museum in Italy – with rocks. Read more

Alessandro Mendini has become the latest designer to restyle an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille, adding colourful totems and Postmodern furnishings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shipping containers are often repurposed to create buildings, and this structure by Tel Aviv studio Potash Architects features one container balanced at a precarious angle (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Artists and designers including Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane and Wolfgang Tillmans have created protest-style posters about coronavirus for Dazed Media. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died, the company has announced. He was 56. Apple’s homepage is today dedicated to a photo of Jobs (above) and, instead of product news, hosts a short statement which starts “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being”. Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011 – Wall Street Journal | Steve Jobs dies – live blog – The Telegraph | All our stories about Apple </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden shutters fold, tilt and slide open to let in the sun and keep out the burglars at this weekend cabin in New Zealand by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan. (more…) View the full article

As our Virtual Design Festival reaches the halfway point, founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs selects his highlights from the most ambitious project Dezeen has ever attempted. Read more View the full article

Green aluminium panels cover the facade of this contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, where a ceiling shaped like a gramophone horn funnels in light from an opening in the roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Landscape architecture firm Martha Schwartz Partners references Bedouin carpets and sand dunes in teardrop-shaped landscaping for a green retreat in the centre of an Abu Dhabi business district (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up is at Blickfang design fair at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna from 14 to 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A stripy wall of light glows behind diners at this Milan restaurant by Italian architect Roberto Murgia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with architects Matteo Thun & Partners, and designers Barber Osgerby and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, Universal Design Studio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article